tenailler

Il connaît les problèmes de toujours qui tenaillent son pays et tout le Continent.
He knows the old problems that still torment his country and the entire continent.
Il connaît les peines secrètes qui nous tenaillent le cœur et que nous ne pouvons exprimer.
He knows the sorrows that we feel to the depths of our being but that we cannot express.
Sûrement pas celle qui intéresse les citoyens, préoccupés par bien d'autres problèmes : le chômage, la pauvreté, l'exclusion sociale et la violence qui tenaillent l'ensemble de l'Europe.
Certainly not one which interests our citizens, whose concerns lie elsewhere: the unemployment, poverty, social exclusion and violence which are afflicting all the EU countries.
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